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Saksham Thapa

Blockchain & Zero Knowledge Proof Developer

Kathmandu, Nepal

๐Ÿ”ดHODLing

Recently graduated CS student with high interest in deep tech. Love to build things from scratch. Currently exploring zero knowledge proofs (zk-starks). Interested in zk R&D and applied zk.

Skills

Zero Knowledge Proofs8/10
Smart Contract Development7/10
Solidity7/10
Web37/10
zk-SNARKs7/10
Computer Science (7/10)DeFi (7/10)Rust (7/10)Cryptography (7/10)EVM (6/10)zk-STARKs (6/10)NFT Protocols (6/10)DEX Development (6/10)Filecoin FEVM (5/10)Cairo (5/10)Chainlink (5/10)Circom (5/10)DAO Development (5/10)C++ (5/10)Noir (4/10)

Work Experience

ZK Bootcamp Participant

Encode Club

Mar 2023 โ€” Apr 2023

Learned basic cryptography maths. Expanded knowledge about zero knowledge proofs, different proving systems eg: Snark, Stark, Bulletproof. Got hands on experience with Cairo, protostar. Got introduction to different DSL like: Noir, Cairo, Circom etc, and intro about active projects building with zk (eg: Mina, Aztec, Tornado cash, Starknet, Zksync, Scroll, Polygon).

Hackathon Participant - ETH For All

Eth India (Devfolio)

Feb 2023 โ€” Feb 2023

Built TrustMarket which is a data marketplace on top of FEVM, with a DAO to resolve fraudulent data listing on a marketplace.

Hackathon Participant - Build It Hackathon

Lumos Lab

Sept 2022 โ€” Nov 2022

Polished Wraprotocol, integrated marketplace and brought it to the hackathon. Won a pool prize for the project.

Fellow

States Dao

Jul 2022 โ€” Sept 2022

Collaborated with mentors to build NFT renting protocol called Wraprotocol. Got to network with loads of great builders and researchers. Helped get feet wet in web3 and made familiar with formal presentations.

Education

Tribhuvan University

BSc ยท Computer Science

2021 โ€“ 2025